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Va Regions Research 4th Grade

Dicover Sirs
database
Merriam Webster Online
dictionary
Grolier Online Encyclopedia
America the Beautiful -Map of VA
National Geographic
Videos and Maps
Virginia Gazeteer
aerial photos, terrain models, topographic maps, satellite images, land cover/land use
Virginia Places
Places associated with famous VA's/Physiocraphic Regions of VA
Virginia Travel Corporation
Products/Industries
Commonwealth of Virginia
government sources
National Atlas
Mapmaker for VA - choose layers to add
World Almanac for Kids
look for United States at bottom then scroll down to Virginia
VA Studies Posters
images!
Time Travelers
look at destinations
Ask Jeeves
search "Virginia Regions"
History and Heritage of VA
search by region
famous people from virginia
history search by region
click arrow under search by region to select yours
sports and recreation search by region
select region when you see a good selection click on its website
parks by region (land and resources)
like the 2 above select your region choose heading then click on website
tidewater land and resources
scroll all the way down but don't miss related articles on right hand side
appalachia land and resources
scroll all the way down but don't miss related articles on right hand side
blue ridge land and resources
scroll all the way down but don't miss related articles on right hand side

library misc.

Web Exploration

Authors

Judy Blume
Double Fudge
Jan Brett
The Mitten
Arthur Brown
Arthur
Eric Carle
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Beverly Cleary
The Mouse and the Motorcycle
Tomie DePaola
Bill and Pete
John Erickson
Hank the Cowdog
Mem Fox
Koala Lou
Jean Craighead George
My Side of the Mountain
Kevin Henkes
Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse
Madeline L'Engle
Wrinkle in Time
C. S. Lewis
Chronicles of Narnia
A. A. Milne
Winnie-the-Pooh
Robert Munsch
Love You Forever
Mary Pope Osborne
Magic Tree House
Katherine Paterson
Bridge to Terabithia
Dav Pilkey
Captain Underpants
Patricia Polacco
Pink and Say
J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter
Dr. Seuss
The Cat in the Hat
Jerry Spinelli
Star Girl
Janet Stevens
The Great Fuzz Frenzy
Chris Van Allsburg
The Polar Express
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Little House
Jane Yolen
How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight
kids reads
authors of the week
meet authors/illustrators
Alan Brown's sites about books and authors

encyclopedias

encyclopedia britannica
encarta
columbia encyclopedia
world book online
trial login: americas /pw: ostrich
grolier online
trial login: groliergo / pw: access

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dictionaries

american heritage dictionary
dictionary.com
also www.thesaurus.com
dictionary link
little explorers picture dictionary
merriam webster word central
one look
searches multiple dictionaries
wordsmyth
dictionary-thesaurus children's dictionary and more
your dictionary
Roget's Thesaurus, includes multilingual and "nyms and such"

library cataloges

informative links for search tools

librarian's index to the internet
infopeople: search tools chart
search engine showdown
search tools springfield township high school
Kathy Schrock's guide for educators
big 6
for teachers
big 6
for kids

Biography Links

Biography from A & E
25,000 of the greatest lives past and present
Internet Public Library: Reference Biography
annotated list
POTUS: Presidents of the United States
biographies of presidents
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/
official white house biographies of the presidents
Our First Ladies
Family Search
Genealogy site of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Genealogy Home Page
Internet Movie Database
jazz biographies
America's story from America's library
People Magazine

Famous Virginians 4th Grade

Famous Virginians
from Virginia is for Lovers travel site
Bio
People Magazine
for current celebrities
Presidents
Official site of the White House
Sirs
database
kids grolier
encyclopedia
britannica
encyclopedia
Va Studies Posters
world almanc for kids
time travelers
to view museums
virginia places
Places associated with famous virginians

theater

reader's theater
scroll down the page for list of scripts
teaching heart
zoom playhouse
education world
scroll way down the page to find heading "new takes on old tales"
classroom theater
Reader's Theater Editions
poetry theater
Abbott and Costello, who's on first
short and simple scripts
Scout skits
story lovers
just the stories, not scripted
sources for conducting reader's theater
fandango bag puppets
ideas for making puppets
Puppet patterns and scripts

reading. writing, and poetry

storyline online
by the screen actors guild
bbc stories
book hive
story place
K - 2
star fall
K - 2
american folklore
the real mother goose
getting students connected
just for kids who love books
ages 8 to 14
good reading
book spot

games

ology
american museum of natural history
game goo
k - 2
clifford's interactive stories and games
bbc's bitesize literacy games
k - 2
bbc starship math
multiplication games